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Book on the Physician Himself: And Things that Concern His Reputation and ... - Page 353
by Daniel Webster Cathell - 1905 - 411 pages
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The Imperial magazine; or, Compendium of religious, moral, & philosophical ...

1834 - 614 pages
...hinder previous study and much practice ; since it relates only to the moment of actual composition. ' You charge me fifty sequins," said a Venetian nobleman...sculptor, * for a bust that cost you only ten days' labour !" ' You forget,' replied the artist, ' that I have been thirty years learning to make that...
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Letters and Essays in Prose and Verse

Richard Sharp - 1834 - 290 pages
...hinder previous study and much practice; since it relates only to the moment of actual composition. " You charge me fifty " sequins," said a Venetian nobleman...sculptor, "for a bust that cost you only ten days' labour."— " You forget," replied the artist, " that I have been " thirty years learning to make that...
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The Imperial Magazine

1834 - 604 pages
...hinder previous study and much practice ; since it relates only to the moment of actual composition. ' You charge me fifty sequins,' said a Venetian nobleman...sculptor, ' for a bust that cost you only ten days' labour!' 'You forget,' replied the artist, ' that I have been thirty years learning to make that bust...
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Letters and Essays in Prose and Verse

Richard Sharp - 1835 - 238 pages
...it relates only to the moment of actual composition. " You charge me fifty sequins," said a Venitian nobleman to a sculptor, "for a bust that cost you only ten days' labour." — " You forget," replied the artist, " that I have been thirty years learning to make that...
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Letters and Essays in Prose and Verse

Richard Sharp - 1835 - 214 pages
...it relates only to the moment of actual composition. " You charge me fifty sequins," said a Venitian nobleman to a sculptor, " for a bust that cost you only ten day s' labour." — "You forget," replied the artist, " that I have been thirty years learning to make...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary, Volume 21

1837 - 980 pages
...remuneration, nor should the excess be weighed too nicely in the goldsmith's balance. " You charge me eighty sequins," said a Venetian nobleman to a sculptor, " for a bust that cost you only ten day's work." " You forget," replied the artist, " that I have been thirty years learning to make that...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 21

1837 - 534 pages
...remuneration, nor should the excess be weighed too nicely in the goldsmith's balance. " You charge me eighty sequins," said a Venetian nobleman to a sculptor, " for a bust that cost you only ten day's work." " You forget," replied the artist, " that I have been thirty years learning to make that...
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The Lives of Twelve Eminent Judges of the Last and of the Present ..., Volume 2

William Charles Townsend - 1846 - 548 pages
...should the excess be weighed too nicely in the goldsmith's balance, VOL. II. AA " You charge me eighty sequins," said a Venetian nobleman to a sculptor, " for a bust that cost you only ten days' work." " You forget," replied the artist, " that I have been thirty years learning to make that bust...
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Merry's Museum, Volumes 11-12

1846 - 392 pages
...stream onfi narrow plank, or at least doing something very like it. We are in constant danger of I on charge me fifty sequins," said a Venetian nobleman to a sculptor, " for a bust that only cost you ten days' labor." making a false step ; of violating tru:'l. or charity, or justice ;...
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Five Occasional Lectures: Delivered in Montreal

Francis Fulford - 1859 - 126 pages
...are apt to under-rate its value, and imagine that it would cost ns no great effort to do the same. " You charge me fifty sequins," (said a Venetian nobleman...sculptor) " for a bust that cost you only ten days labour." " You forget," replied the artist, " that I have been thirty years learning to make that bust...
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